Yudai Kitaura

"I create my works around the material of lacquer. The reddish-brown lacquer has a candy color before pigments are mixed in, and I feel the unique properties of lacquer, which is a plant paint unlike other paints. It is almost like painting over flesh and blood, a work of devotion, and that is when...

"I create my works around the material of lacquer. The reddish-brown lacquer has a candy color before pigments are mixed in, and I feel the unique properties of lacquer, which is a plant paint unlike other paints. It is almost like painting over flesh and blood, a work of devotion, and that is when the work is completed.
Humans, who have been surrounded by the organic forms of nature for a long time, used to feel awe and wonder at the inorganic nature of the moon's equilateral circle and the curve of the snake. Nowadays, with the increase of buildings and industrial products, we no longer feel the awe and mystery of inorganic objects.
Tea rooms and Japanese gardens have a beauty that makes us feel the space between things, the air, and phenomena, and sharpen our sixth sense by letting nature take its course. I feel that ancient earthenware and clay figurines retorically represented the existence and concept of such beauty while holding a sense of life and death in their daily lives."